Small islands around the world are facing serious and immediate challenges from climate change.

Many people living in the Pacific islands and East
Timor report their climate is changing. Climate variability and change
present challenges for economic activities, such as agriculture and
tourism, as well as individual livelihoods and ecosystems.

Despite widespread international awareness of the
impacts of climate change in this region there is only very limited
specific scientific information available to these countries. Better
scientific knowledge is urgently needed to adapt and plan for the
future.

The Pacific-Australia Climate Change Science and Adaptation Planning (PACCSAP) program is
aiming to help fill this gap by examining past climate trends and
variability and providing regional and national climate projections.

The PACCSAP is actively engaging with 15 partner
countries and regional stakeholders to build their capacity to
effectively apply the results and to build the climate science knowledge
base.

What's new

Climate Change in the Pacific

The comprehensive report, Climate Change in the Pacific, has been officially released and is now available in the publications section.

Pacific Climate Futures

Pacific Climate Futures lets you to explore the likelihood of future changes in temperature, rainfall, wind, sunshine, humidity and evaporation based on 20-year time periods around 2030, 2055 and 2090 under three greenhouse gas emissions scenarios.